山狗

Chinese

		mountain; hill	dog
simp. and trad. (山狗)		山	狗

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-káu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-káu
    • Tâi-lô: suann-káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'kao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁵³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /suã³³ kau⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

山狗

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) mountain feral dog
2. (Zhangzhou and Jinjiang Hokkien) dhole

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豺 (“dhole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豺, 豺狗
Taxonomic name		豺
Mandarin	Harbin	棒子狗
	Lanzhou	豺狼子, 豺狗子
Gan	Nanchang	豺狗
	Pingxiang	豺狗
Hakka	Meixian	豺狗
	Yudu	豺狗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豺狗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豺狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豺狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豺狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豺狗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豺狗
Huizhou	Jixi	豺狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豺
Southern Min	Xiamen	豺狗
	Jinjiang	山狗
	Zhangzhou	山狗, 豺狗
Wu	Ningbo	豺狗
	Wenzhou	豺狗
Xiang	Changsha	豺狗子